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Nigeria:
Food Prices Soar Ahead of Christmas, New Year Celebrations
Daily Trust, 20 December 2012
As Christmas and New Year celebrations come nearer, prices of various food items such as grains, beverages, perishables and wines have gone up. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Its Again Party Time With Lagos Street Jamz
Vanguard, 17 December 2012
YOUTHS in Lagos are again in festive mood and they are organising end of year parties, also known as, street jamz or carnival, in several communities to get together and mark the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Untamed Business of Kidnapping
This Day, 17 December 2012
As the Yuletide approaches, there seems to be an upsurge in the spate of kidnapping in many parts of the country. Security agencies have attributed this to the desperation of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Declares Three-Day Public Holidays to Mark Christmas, New Year
Daily Trust, 18 December 2012
Interior Minister Abba Moro disclosed this yesterday in a statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs Anasthesia M. Nwaobia, in Abuja. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Yuletide - FG Declares 3-Day Public Holiday
Vanguard, 17 December 2012
Federal Government has declared Tuesday, December 25, and Wednesday, December 26, as public holidays to commemorate the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Declares Christmas and New Year Holidays
Daily Trust, 17 December 2012
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, December 25 and Wednesday, December 26 as Public Holidays to commemorate the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Declares Three-Day Public Holidays to Mark Christmas, New Year
Leadership, 17 December 2012
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Dec. 25, and Wednesday, Dec. 26, as Public Holidays to commemorate the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Yuletide - Abia Police Suspends All Officers' Leave
Vanguard, 17 December 2012
To ensure effective security during the Christmas and new year festivities, Abia Police Commissioner, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, said Abia police command had suspended all forms of leave… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Let There Be Light...and There Was No Light
Leadership, 18 December 2012
When on October 27, 2012, LEADERSHIP Newspaper published a feature titled 'Festival of Lights, Defining Abuja'; everyone in the nation's capital expected the best. However, less… Read more »
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Nigeria:
First Lady to Light First National Christmas Tree
This Day, 18 December 2012
The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, will tomorrow light the first ever Nigerian National Christmas Tree, which is an initiative of the Federal Capital Territory Administration… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fear of Fresh Fuel Crisis Mounts Over Volatility in Price
This Day, 18 December 2012
There was fear that the current fuel crisis may worsen during the Christmas period as the ex-depot price of petrol imported by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FERMA Begins Rehabilitation of Federal Roads in South East
Vanguard, 16 December 2012
Few days to Christmas, the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has embarked on rehabilitation of some federal roads in the South East of the country which hitherto were death… Read more »
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Nigeria:
The City of Art and Culture At Christmas
This Day, 19 December 2012
With more than fifty artists exhibiting their works at the ongoing Calabar Christmas festival, Cross River is rightly regarded as artistic and cultural state in Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria:
No Christmas Shopping for Jos Govt Workers
RNW Africa, 20 December 2012
These days most Nigerian families, Christian and non-Christian alike, are out Christmas shopping. Heavy traffic, crowded markets and busy city centres are normal sights. But this… Read more »